Does ip-api.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
ip-api.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from ip-api.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#342)
Can AI assistants cite ip-api.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
ip-api.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on ip-api.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How ip-api.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ip-api.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ip-api.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ip-api.com does not.
- Among 193 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /csv$ Disallow: /csv/ Disallow: /php$ Disallow: /php/ Disallow: /xml$ Disallow: /xml/ Disallow: /json$ Disallow: /json/ Disallow: /line$ Disallow: /line/ Disallow: /batch$ Disallow: /batch/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does ip-api.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, ip-api.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from ip-api.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does ip-api.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at ip-api.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: ip-api.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.